The Hill School

EFA and The Hill School

The state's 2024-25 EFA report lists The Hill School as a participating school with 31 EFA students, 41% of its enrollment of about 75.

That ranks #13 of 21 participating schools in Benton and Washington counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is below the local average of 47% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 81% continued in the program the next school year and 74% stayed at The Hill School. Statewide, schools kept 84% of their EFA students on average. Students who graduated count as leaving.

On the nationally norm-referenced tests participating schools must give, The Hill School's EFA students averaged the 50th percentile in math and the 47th in reading, near the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $102,609 to The Hill School from EFA accounts in the spring 2024-25 transactions the report covers. Fall transactions aren't broken out by provider.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 53 students, 7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 6.7:1.

From kindergarten through grade 4, that's 5 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $36,040 in state funding over that span. The amount is set each year, so treat this as a planning number. Pre-K years are not covered; the account starts at kindergarten.

Paying the balance

Church schools often offer member, sibling and staff discounts. Ask whether they still apply when part of the bill is paid from an EFA, and which fees (books, uniforms, technology) the school invoices through ClassWallet.

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After grade 4: where students can continue

The Hill School ends at grade 4. These local EFA schools serve grade 5:

• Fayetteville Christian School (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 1 mi)
• Prism North America (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 1 mi)
• St. Joseph Catholic School (Fayetteville, grades PK-8, about 1 mi)
• The New School (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
• Anthem Classical Academy (Fayetteville, grades K-8, about 3 mi)

Questions to ask the school

1. How do you bill EFA families: directly through ClassWallet each quarter, or do we pay and get reimbursed?
2. What is the full cost for my child's grade, including registration, books, uniforms and fees, and what's left after the $7,208 account?
3. Which discounts and aid apply on top of the account?
4. Which nationally norm-referenced test do you give, and will you share my child's results?
5. Do you have openings in pre-K, and does a pre-K seat carry into kindergarten, when the account starts?

Closest private schools

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.